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Evguenia Men
 
 
About the Artist

ARTIST STATEMENT
Love…Hatred…Jealousy…Desperation…Joy…Passion…
I paint the human soul as it experiences both grief and joy. The human soul is an enormous secret world that becomes visible for the artist through perceiving and painting the essence of visible objects. I interpret human emotions by juxtaposing colours of my subjects. When in desperation I may see red as black, yellow as grey, or blue as brown. Objects are distorted, sugar is bitter, and peaches are tasteless. I paint grief turning to joy, for example, by showing an open red and black mouth screaming out white pearls.
To me art is a confession. All of my soul’s emotions are in my heart and blood – they move to my body’s rhythm - and I choose subjects as external interpretations of those feelings. I must be as close to my subjects as possible; so close that I can eat them or get inside them and thus almost every all my work is done as a close-up. I arrange canvases in awkward sets in order to give the feeling of my subjects in motion.

 
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apple research

2006
m/m on canvas
60x60cm

apple research
"Apple Research" mixed media and collage on canvas

musician

2007
oil and mixed media on canvas
60x90cm

musician

phone eating girl

2007
oil and m/m on canvas
50x70

phone eating girl

apple dream

2007
oil and m/m on canvas
76x100

apple dream
Apple Dream

red apples

2007
oil and mixed media on canvas
60x60cm.

red apples
red apples

embroidering

2007
oil and mixed media on canvas
60x90cm.

embroidering
embroidering

red chair

2006
50x60cm.

red chair
"Red Chair" oil, wood and mixed media on canvas.

tennis fan

2006
60x60cm.

tennis fan
"Tennis Fan" oil and mixed media on canvas

3 siluets in red socks

2006
90x60cm.

3 siluets in red socks
"3 siluets in red socks" oil and mixed media on canvas

black on red

2008
mixed media on canvas
60x60cm.

black on red

depression

2008
mixed media on canvas
60x76cm.

depression

red tennis balls

2006
mixed media on canvas
100x76cm.

red tennis balls

sad artist with a broken black chair

2007
mixed media on canvas
90x90cm.

sad artist with a broken black chair

runaway dots

2006
m/m on canvas
100x76cm.

runaway dots

white runaway dots

2006
m/m on canvas
100x76cm.

white runaway dots

inspiratuion from Gaudi

2009
digital photograph

inspiratuion from Gaudi

grapefruit fantazy

2009
photograph

grapefruit fantazy

vernisage

2009
photograph

vernisage

capsicum on shells

2009
photograph and digital art

capsicum on shells

3 apples

2009
photograph and digital art

3 apples

a golf ball

2009
photograph and digital art

a golf ball

frozen cranberries

2009
photograph

frozen cranberries
 
Education and biography
1967 – Born St. Petersburg, Russia
1979-1983 – Junior Artist, Junior Art College, St. Petersburg, Russia
1984-1989 – Master degree in Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University
1993-1997 – Bachelor degree in Film Directing, St. Petersburg Institute of Cinematography and Television

Exhibitions
2000 – Selected Group Exhibition, Brisbane Institute of Art.
2000 – Solo Exhibition, Thompson Hannah Lawyers, Brisbane Club Tower, 241 Adelaide St., Brisbane.
2000 – Intimate World Of Objects, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 4017, Brisbane.
2001 – Sets, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane.
2004- Solo Exhibition, EIB Gallery,Wynnum.
2005-Group Exhibition, Ascot Art Gallery,Brisbane
2005 – Solo Exhibition/ May- June/, Ascot Art Gallery/www.ascotartgallery.com/, Brisbane
2005 August- invited to exhibit and to be represented by Agora Gallery, New-York USA
2005 November- finalist of Global Art Movement Competition, London, UK
2005-December – Group exhibition “Smile”, Ascot Art Gallery, Brisbane
2006-March-Grand Opening of RM galleries at Palma Rosa, Hamilton
2006-April,”Little Structures”, group exhibition at EIB gallery, Wynnum
2006-May”Geometry In Colour”-solo exhibition at RM galleries at Palma Rosa
2006-September-St Sebastian Art Spring exhibition, Brisbane
2006-September-invited to Guangzhou International Art Fair 2007,China
2006-October-invited to Florence Biennale 2007, Italy
2006- November-finalist of Medial Museum Biennale 2007, London, UK
2006-November-group exhibition at RM galleries at Palma Rosa, Brisbane
2006-December-participant of GA2006 International Art Conference, Milan, Italy
2007-January- Feature Artist at www.brisbaneartistsdirectory.com
2007-February-group exhibition at RM galleries at Palma Rosa, Hamilton
2007-March- Honorable award at Medial Museum Biennale 2007, London, UK
2007-May-The Collectors’ Exhibition, Steps Gallery 62 Lygon Street, Carlton, Melbourne
2007-May-June “Bright and Contemporary” at “Tongue N Groove”restaurant, West End Brisbane
2007-July-new works at RM galleries at Palma Rosa, Brisbane
2007- September –Warwick Art prize exhibition, Warwick Art Gallery, QLD
2007-December – artworks at International Art Conference(generative art) Milan, Italy


Private collections : Russia; USA; Australia; Sweden.; Canada,UK

Films and Videos

1. One Day Of Actor’s Life, 1995, 35 mm, b/w, 10 min, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2. International Congress On Nitrogen Fixation, 1995, video, 30 min, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
3. Orange Of The Sculptor, 1996, 35 mm, color, 5 min, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
4. Corrosive Materials, 1997, video program, Knoxville Television, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
5. Mosaic Hills Of East Tennessee, 1998,

 
Future shows

2008-represented by Galleria Poliedro, Trieste, Italy
2008- May solo show"Transformation of humdrum" Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne,Australia
2009 - March, bushfire charity auction, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
March, a finalist of International Art Competition, X-Power Gallery Beverly Hills, LA, USA
2009 April, International Art Exhibition/ finalists, X Power gallery Beverly Hills, California, USA

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
DolmatConnell & Partners, Inc., Boston, USA;
Chateau des Reaux, public gallery, Chouze sur Loire, France
 
Website:  www.evmmen.com
 
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